Evaluation of Physicochemical, Spectral, Thermal and Behavioral Properties of the Biofield Energy Healing Treated Sodium Selenate
Mahendra Kumar Trivedi,
Alice Branton,
Dahryn Trivedi,
Gopal Nayak,
Alan Joseph Balmer,
Dimitrius Anagnos,
Janice Patricia Kinney,
Joni Marie Holling,
Joy Angevin Balmer,
Lauree Ann Duprey-Reed,
Vaibhav Rajan Parulkar,
Parthasarathi Panda,
Kalyan Kumar Sethi,
Snehasis Jana
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 2, April 2017
Pages:
12-22
Received:
24 February 2017
Accepted:
9 March 2017
Published:
1 April 2017
Abstract: Sodium selenate is used for the prevention and treatment of cancer, diabetes, inflammatory diseases, etc. The objective of the current study was to investigate the impact of The Trivedi Effect® - Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment (Biofield Energy Healing treatment) on physical, structural, thermal, and behavioral properties of sodium selenate using PXRD, PSD, FT-IR, UV-vis, TGA, and DSC analysis. Sodium selenate was divided into two parts – one part was control, while another part was treated with The Trivedi Effect® remotely by seven renowned Biofield Energy Healers and defined as The Trivedi Effect® Treated sample. The PXRD analysis showed the significant alteration of the crystallite size of the treated sample in the range of -49.99% to 50.01% compared to the control sample. However, the average crystallite size of the treated sample was decreased by 0.72% compared with the control sample. Overall, the crystal morphology of the treated sample was different from the control sample. The particle size of the treated sample at d10, d50, and d90 values were significantly decreased by 3.71%, 6.72%, and 26.17%, respectively compared with the control sample. Consequently, the surface area of the treated sample was significantly increased by 6% from the control sample. The control and treated FT-IR spectra indicated the presence of sharp and strong absorption bands at 886 cm-1 and 887 cm-1, respectively due to the Se=O stretching. The UV-vis spectroscopic analysis displayed that the wavelength for the maximum absorbance of the control and treated samples were at 204.8 and 204.9 nm, respectively. TGA analysis revealed that the total weight loss of the treated sample was reduced by 4.93% compared with the control sample. The DSC analysis showed that the treated sample (95.10°C) had higher vaporization temperature than the control sample (94.80°C). The latent heat of vaporization was increased significantly in the treated sample by 14.68% compared to the control sample. Thus, The Trivedi Effect® - Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment might lead to generate a new polymorphic form of sodium selenate which would be more soluble, bioavailable, and thermally stable compared with the untreated sample. The Trivedi Effect® treated sodium selenate would be very useful to design better nutraceutical and/or pharmaceutical formulations that might offer better therapeutic response against inflammatory diseases, immunological disorders, stress, aging, infectious diseases, cancer, diabetes, heart diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, etc.
Abstract: Sodium selenate is used for the prevention and treatment of cancer, diabetes, inflammatory diseases, etc. The objective of the current study was to investigate the impact of The Trivedi Effect® - Energy of Consciousness Healing Treatment (Biofield Energy Healing treatment) on physical, structural, thermal, and behavioral properties of sodium selena...
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Influence of Metallic Ions on the Aggregation of Soft Colloidal Polysaccharides
Jean-Pierre Sagou Sagou,
Séka Simplice Kouassi,
Fabien Thomas
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 2, April 2017
Pages:
23-30
Received:
20 March 2017
Accepted:
30 March 2017
Published:
24 April 2017
Abstract: The aggregation behavior of carboxymethyldextran, a soft and anionic polysaccharide, was studied in the presence of divalent cation Cd2+ in aqueous NaNO3 electrolyte. The experimental destabilization conditions of this colloidal suspension have determined by turbidimetric method and the kinetics of aggregation and the characteristics of aggregates were analyzed through Dynamic Light Scattering measurements. The aggregates are derived from very attractive interactions, which are modulated by the metallic ion to carboxymethylextran ratios and their feature indicates a mechanism characterized by a diffusion-limited aggregation.
Abstract: The aggregation behavior of carboxymethyldextran, a soft and anionic polysaccharide, was studied in the presence of divalent cation Cd2+ in aqueous NaNO3 electrolyte. The experimental destabilization conditions of this colloidal suspension have determined by turbidimetric method and the kinetics of aggregation and the characteristics of aggregates ...
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